Offshore Drilling Plan Lacks Something: More Drilling
Yesterday, the Department of Interior released its new five-year offshore drilling plan. Unfortunately, the program is far less expansive when it comes to opening areas… Read More
New IAEA Report Charges Iran Experimented with Nuclear Weapons Components
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) long-awaited report on Iran’s nuclear program was released today, confirming longstanding suspicions that Iran has made substantial progress in… Read More
The Six Enduring Principles of Reagan’s Foreign Policy
These days, everybody loves Reagan. It’s not just the eight GOP candidates who are trying to out-Reagan each other on the campaign trail. Liberals, too—including… Read More
Without Fanfare of Ohio or Wisconsin, Idaho Enacts Sweeping Reforms
Voters head the polls in Ohio today to decide the fate of collective bargaining reforms for government workers. It’s a high-profile referendum on a controversial… Read More
Senate Postal Reform: A Lot of Money, Little Change
With nine days to go before the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) faces default, a Senate committee on Wednesday is expected to vote on a new… Read More
Senate Poised to Vote on Resolution Blocking FCC’s Net Neutrality Rule
Congress could move a step closer to rejecting the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to regulate the Internet this week when the Senate considers a resolution… Read More
Muppet Lily: One of the Few Hungry Children in America
There’s a new kid on the block. Muppet Lily joined Elmo and Big Bird on the cast of Sesame Street last month. Despite Lily’s bright… Read More
Infographic: Obama’s Promise vs. Reality in the October Jobs Report
Travel in time back to January 2009 when President Barack Obama’s advisers painted a portrait of the future under the President’s recovery plan. It turns… Read More
McDonald’s CEO: Cut Taxes and Spending to Super Size Job Growth
Want to get the economy growing again? McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner says that Washington needs to cut taxes and get spending under control in order… Read More
VIDEO: Chess Champ Garry Kasparov Hopes Arab Spring Spreads to Russia
Garry Kasparov mastered the game of chess to become a world-famous champion. These days he’s facing a much tougher opponent: the corrupt leadership of Russia…. Read More
New Libyan Prime Minister Faces Major Challenges
Libya’s interim government gradually is taking shape. On Monday the Transitional National Council (TNC) announced that it had elected a new Prime Minister, Abdurraheem el-Keib,… Read More
Eight Major GOP Contenders to Debate Foreign Policy and National Security
The eight Republican presidential candidates have confirmed they will attend the Nov. 22 debate hosted by The Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute on CNN…. Read More
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Infographic: Why Spending Is the Problem
With its November 23 deadline fast approaching, the “super committee” created by the Budget Control Act is back in the news, and it is still grappling… Read More
Harvard Students Channel ‘Occupy’ Movement, Protest Economics Class
Protests that began on Wall Street and spread to cities across America have now reached the pristine halls of Harvard. That’s right, the country’s oldest… Read More
33 Senators Who Know What America Needs
As Washington ties itself up in knots over what the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the Supercommittee, will recommend to Congress,… Read More
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Lunch with Heritage: Online Chat on Spending
Click here to join us on right now for our “Lunch with Heritage” online chat. We are joined by Heritage’s Budget expert Pat Knudsen. He… Read More
White House Subpoenaed, Stimulus Loans Under Investigation
Two new chapters in the Solyndra scandal were written today, one involving a potential bailout of the company and the latest regarding Congress’s move to… Read More
Senator Lieberman Grades President Obama on His Foreign Policy
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) visited Heritage this week to give the annual B.C. Lee lecture, focusing on the importance of American leadership in the Asia-Pacific… Read More
Blame Dick Durbin for Bank Fees
Bowing to competitive pressures, Bank of America yesterday scrapped plans to impose a monthly debit card fee. The proposed charge antagonized customers and provoked vitriol… Read More
Face the (Family) Facts
FamilyFacts.org has increasingly become a trusted hub for policymakers and researchers searching out the latest charts and social science research on family, religion, and community… Read More
Yet Another Attack on Marriage
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin debate on legislation that would repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In 1996, Congress passed DOMA… Read More
The Audacity of Obama’s Big Book Promo
After President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, U.S. embassies around the world apparently felt that foreigners still did not know enough about… Read More
Boehner Keeps the Faith on Congress’ Constitutional Role
Two years ago, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) shocked many Americans by dismissing a question about Obamacare’s constitutionality with the flippant retort: “Are you serious?… Read More
Appropriations Tracker: Monitoring FY 2012 Spending Bills
The Heritage Foundation yesterday launched its fiscal year (FY) 2012 Appropriations Tracker, which monitors the progress of appropriations bills as they move through the House… Read More
Speaker of the House Draws a Bright Red Line: No More Defense Cuts
The U.S. military has already contributed more to debt and deficit reduction than any other federal agency. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R–OH), recently… Read More
Hutchison: Measure to Block Internet Regulation Is a Jobs Bill
The Senate is slated to take up a resolution of disapproval next week that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from regulating the Internet. With… Read More
The Big Issues Behind the Obamacare Challenge
“Are you serious? Are you serious?” then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) famously replied when asked where, specifically, the Constitution granted Congress the authority… Read More
Politicians Forget Why We Need A Strong Balanced Budget Amendment
The purpose of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution (BBA) is to limit the size and scope of the federal government. Some politicians seem… Read More
Palestine Membership: More Trick Than Treat for UNESCO
As expected, “Palestine” succeeded in gaining membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on October 31 with a vote of 107… Read More
Pelosi: South Carolina Boeing Plant Should Unionize or Shut Down
In an interview late last week, House Minority Leaeder Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told CNBC that Boeing should either unionize its production facilities in South Carolina,… Read More
